Windows XP boots up, restarts at loading screen

Q:Windows XP boots up, restarts at loading screen

Everytime I turn on my computer a windows recovery screen pops up where it will ask me what kind of mode I would like to load Windows in. It then proceeds to the loading screen and restarts, everytime! I have tried all the F8 options as well and none of them work. I suspect that it is the power supply but I want to make sure. Any ideas?

Hi,
Well the problem start last night when i restarted my pc it booted fine but it crashed before it got to windows loading screen and it jsut restarts it doesn't even show the windows logo or nothing but i can see everything else before that. I Hit F8 and it show safe mode and etc... but when i hit enter it ask to start window xp pro and i hit anter again and i get a black screen then restarts again.

The hard drives boot fine i can hear them running, The green lights come on and i can see wuts on the screen it just restart before windows xp loading screen comes up. It also beeps like once.

Could it be the hard drive or power supply??? Motherboard? Please help me

A:Computer Boots Up To The Windows Screen Then Shuts Down And Restarts...? Help

try going to windows in safe mode. press f8 on the startup screen and then go to boot windows in safe mode or something like that. How long has your computer been doing this has it always been like that since you hooked it up or is it just a problem that happened at some point

Had a hd go out. At the that time, I had a 500gb with XP on it, a 2TB and 200 gb storage drives. 500gb goes dead. Do clean install of XP onto 200gb drive. Everthing comes up fine. Try to retrieve info from 500gb but the drive is completely dead saying it isnt formatted. These are all internal sata drives. I remove the 500gb hd from computer. Start up computer and the problem started. Brief Windows XP splash screen, brief blue screen, and then restart. That is a continuing cycle, with windows never booting up completely. Moved 2TB HD to SATA2 same problem. Checked boot order 1stROM DRIVE 2nd 200gb 3rd Floppy. Tried putting 200gb 1st in boot order. No success. Only thing that works is unplugging the 2tb drive. I turn on comp and XP loads fine. Plug in 2TB into SATA2 and XP picks it up and I can explore the drive with no problem so drive is ok. Ive had problems with this board booting up with external USB drives plugged in since day one. This problem seems to be similair.

and it turns on gets through bios, gets to the windows loading screen (with the scrolling bar under the logo) than blue screens and reboots itself, regardless of witch boot option I choose this happens.... last time this happened my mobo was fried but now I can't seem to find any mobos on newegg or zipzoomfly that support ddr400 and socket 939... what do I do to resolve this without building a whole new PC?

hey everyone,i would really appreciate it if any one would help me with this problem. First of all this is my computer specs:pentium 4 2.2 ghz768 of ram160 hard driveIntel integrated graphics cardmy computer was running smoothly for the past few months until a few days ago i shutdown my computer that night. the next morning i woke up and restarted my computer and it restarted right after the loading screen. The windows xp loading screen. It keeps on restarting for ever and never stops and asks me to pick safe mode,safe mode with networking or last good configuration. But if i pick safe mode or any options it just restarts again. Just to let you know i did not install any new software. The cpu temperature is fine at 37c. reinstalling does not help. it works fine for a few days and then it happens again. This only happens if i turn off my computer and start it. I scanned for viruses,adware,malware, spyware u name it. but nothing is found. please help me. any advice would be nice. My os is xp home sp1(i just reinstalled again. thanks. Any help would be appreciated. thank you. thankssensrule is online now Report Post Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Bookmark on Thread SoupReddit!Edit/Delete Message

Everytime my laptop reaches somewhen between loading screen to welcome screen, it unexpectedly restarts with no blue screen or any message. The restart it does cuts the power, turning it off and back on then boots normally. Making a restart loop.

This also happen to any Windows Installer. I tried booting it with Windows 7 and 8 installer but the problem still occurs.

The weird thing is when I run the Acer eRecovery Management or Windows System Repair and Recovery I created before upon boot, it runs fine and I be able to restore my laptop to its factory defaults. But when I tried to boot it again, the problem still occur.

THE PROBLEM ONLY HAPPENS WHEN I BOOT WINDOWS. But when I go to BIOS settings, booted USBDOS, flashing BIOS, it works fine...

What's the matter with my laptop? This is the weirdest problem that I'm facing when fixing computers...

These are the things that I had done but the problem still persists:

1. Flashed the BIOS from 1.07 to 1.10 using USBDOS.
2. Restored the BIOS to factory defaults.
3. Restarted the CMOS and changed the CMOS battery.
4. Removed the hard drive and booted using the Windows disc
5. Removed external devices and battery
6. Reseated the CPU and RAM
7. Diagnosed the RAM using memtestx86+ (no errors)
8. Check the power (no faults)

Please help me in solving my problem. Thanks for reading

A:Windows restarts between loading to welcome screen

Hello Bonjavier,

Please DO NOT double post; you have already posted in this thread, and I have already removed this post before.
Double posting causes confusion, because the two different Tech Teams, and you, can give/receive conflicting instructions.

Had a look at a few of the similar topics. Under advice from another thread i went into safe mode thing and turned off automatic restart after failed boot. or whatever that option is and this is the error i get.

STOP C000021a (Fatal System Error)
The Session Manager Initialization System Process terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0xc0000034 (0x00000000 0x00000000)
The system has been shut down.

translation? my hdd is screwed? or is this a fixable thing.

Basically here is what happened. i was having graphics glitches and trying to fix it, some1 suggested i had artifact problems which meant my GPU was screwed. i removed my GPU and this started happening. b4 this my computer would boot with the GPU in it but the graphics were fcked.

now my computer wont boot in normal or safe mode, with the GPU in or out. GPU in i dont see anything at all but i hear the pc booting. GPU out this happens. is there anyway to make the PC think that my graphics card is new hardware so i can reinstall drivers etc from scratch? possibly reset the cmos? how do i do that?

Cheers knoddy

A:PC restarts after windows loading screen

Hi knoddy

What is the make/model of your PC?

I'll assume you know that when working on a PC, you know how to take anti-static precautions, and to have the power off & the cord unplugged.

Try:
1) Remove the add-on graphics card.
2) As the computer is powering on, immediately start tapping the key/key combo mentioned in your bios banner or bios splash screen "Press F1 (or F2, F10, DEL, etc.) to Enter Setup".
3) In the Bios, make sure the date/time settings haven't moved backwards a year or two. If the time/date have moved backwards, it's time to replace the CMOS battery (see your system manual or your vendor's support webpages for full details on how to do that).
4) Look for an item in the Bios that allows you to "Save Defaults & Exit", and choose that.
5) As the system is restarting, begin tapping the F8 key, and see if you can enter Safe Mode.
6) If you can enter Safe Mode OK, visit Device Manager in the Control Panel (Control Panel - System - Hardware - Device Manager) and remove all the devices listed in "Display Adapters".
7) Visit Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel, and remove any video/graphics drivers that might be listed there.
8) On reboot, Windows should redetect the onboard graphics, and install drivers (you might have to allow it to visit Widows Update to get the most recent driver).

If that helps things display OK, next see if you can return your video card for a refund (if it's under warra... Read more

This morning I went to my computer to turn it on and it came up with the boot menu and I selected "bot normally", when it got to the end of the xp loading screen it just restarted, I kept trying but it allways restarts when I get to there, I can get into safe mode fine and nothings gone but when I try to boot it normally, please help me asap!!

My PC restarts at the loading windows screen just after the bios screen. I havnt installed any new hard ware. My PC showed me the blue screen of death (didnt have time to read it) then it just restarted and iv had the problem since.

What could it be and what should I do? I did a virus scan 1 or 2 hours before and mcaffee found 3 or 4 cases of 'Artemis' (trojan) which it removed. DOnt see it being that.

Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop - Was working fine, I restarted the machine then the the laptop would get to "Windows XP loading" (just before the login screen) and restart itself after the login screen.

I then disabled the harddrive after it happened a fair few times. I then booted a USB stick with ubuntu on, and it loaded but if the hard drive was connected it would show lines down the screen just a few RED GREEN BLUE ones.

So this morning I placed a Latitude D630 hard drive in the laptop. It would do the same but this time with vista.

What could the problem be?

I'm wondering possibly could it be the bios? How can I over come this. There was an error with the Windows XP when I stopped the machine from restarting but rather it turning straight off it came up with a blue screen about how i have installed new software or hard ware. The only thing was before it turned off it had some form of virus on it, which disabled the microsoft essential security.

I tried installing AVG but it didn't work as Windows Installer now wasn't working. The virus seemed to had only affected the internet when I done searches a page unrelated to the search would display.

I then tried installing avg but windows installer needed ot be instaled so I installed that it restarted itself and now this is the problem I'm facing.

Safe Mode doesn't boot, booting with last working condition doesn't either both safe mode and the boot with last k... Read more

A:Windows XP Loading Screen - Then Restarts

Hardware failuer more than likely. If you are getting lines up and down the screen it is probably a video adapter and/or it's memory. Try running some diagnostics as I think DELL has those in the startup options.

hey everyone,
i would really appreciate it if any one would help me with this problem. First of all this is my computer specs:
pentium 4 2.2 ghz
768 of ram
160 hard drive
Intel integrated graphics card
my computer was running smoothly for the past few months until a few days ago i shutdown my computer that night. the next morning i woke up and restarted my computer and it restarted right after the loading screen. The windows xp loading screen. It keeps on restarting for ever and never stops and asks me to pick safe mode,safe mode with networking or last good configuration. But if i pick safe mode or any options it just restarts again. Just to let you know i did not install any new software. The cpu temperature is fine at 37c. reinstalling does not help. it works fine for a few days and then it happens again. This only happens if i turn off my computer and start it. I scanned for viruses,adware,malware, spyware u name it. but nothing is found. please help me. any advice would be nice. My os is xp home sp1(i just reinstalled again. thanks. Any help would be appreciated. thank you. thanks

A:Windows xp restarts after loading screen

Hi sensrule and welcome to TSF !

To make it sure : you did a clean reinstall (formatting the drive, reinstalling windows from the start) and still got the same problems ?

What are the motherboard, PSU and RAM brands and models ? What are the PSU specifications (should be written on a sticker on the side of the power supply) ?

Could you download and install everest, or install whatever monitor program that came with your motherboard driver CD, and report here with the temperatures, fan speeds and voltages ? We don't need the whole everest report, only the informations under "sensor". We need to double-check those values with the ones from the BIOS, so enter the BIOS (repeatedly press del at computer startup), find the screen that monitors those voltages, fans speeds and temperatures and give us also the values reported there.

Could be faulty ram : download and burn Memtest86+ bootable ISO. Boot the computer on the CD : you'll have to enter the bios and change the boot device priority to CD-rom first. Let memtest run three full passes on your ram (it can take some time, you can let it run overnight). If it finds errors, you'll have to redo the tests on one ram stick at a time to identify the failing one(s) : open the case and leave only one ram stick on the motherboard (remove the power cable and touch a metal part of the case before you touch any internal components) then reboot on memtest CD. It's recommendend that you also run Windiag to double check ... Read more

Some background. About an year ago, my hp dc7800 wouldn't start and was giving the 5 beeps with red light. I had not used it for a month, and the tech fixed it. Nie again, after an year, I turned it on. It's been working fine for a month but during that time, the pc would suddenly stop, and even task manager won't work. I robstalled windows after the first time, because the windows splash screen would get stuck. It happened again but then I reset the CMOS, and I think I used f8 and booted with last known good configuration. Now it's happened again but none of that works. The windows splash screen loads and a blue screen comes on for a very short trine before it restarts. I can't read what it says but it's not the standard BSOD,too short. I tried removing the DIMM stocks one by one but no dice. The windows startup repair said that problems had been fixed but they weren't. I've tried running a hard drive diagnostic but my cd Tom is screwed as it won't open, so I can't make a bootable cd, and the bootable USB I made doesn't work either. If you need any logs tell me and I'll post them, but my pc won't boot in safe mode either and just restarts.
SPECS
CORE2duo 2.93ghz (don't remember model)
2x2gb corsair ram sticks
Seagare 250 gb hdd
Nvidia gt440
Hp dc7800 convertible minitower.

hi guys,
well i have a problem on my old pc which i just realised today, thank god my current pc is working fine, and i am able to make this post, but my old pc is dead i believe, so please help me..
THE PROBLEM:
ok i swicth it on, my pc gives a screen which says
SAFE MODE <-- doesnt work
SAFE MODE WITH COMMAND PROMPT <-- dont work either
SAFE MODE WITH NETWORKING <-- doesnt work aswell

LAST GOOD CONFIGURATION THAT WORKED <-- hello that does even do the trick

LOAD WINDOWX XP <-- I TRIED THE REST AND IVE TRIED THIS OPTION SEVERAL TIMES, BUT CANNOT GET PAST THE LOADING SCREEN

30 SECONDS TO MAKE CHOICE

it loads the windowx xp screen and the blue thing scrolling showing that windows xp is loading (basically the windows xp loading screen)
as soon as that goes away, a dark blue scree comes up for 1 milisecond(so im unable to read what it says) and then my computer just suddenly restarts.
it keeps doing this loop.
i tried, putting a xp installation cd in but i cant seem to boot from it.

PLEASE ADVISE, THANKS

A:after windows xp loading screen computer restarts!!

This is what we refer to as the blue screen of death unfortuinately that usually means something bad. First off try booting to the xp cd and doing repair and when you log into the windows it asks for usually number one iwth a blank admin password at the command prompt type chkdsk /r and run that until it says no errors and then try to boot again. If that doesnt work let me know and we can try other things.

I shutdown my pc last night. Everything was working fine... then this afternoon when i went to turn it on. It started up like normal... then it went into the windows "has not shutdown properly" screen. So i chose "Start Windows normally" I get to the Windows loading screen. After that it restarts. Is this hardware conflict or just a plain virus? Any way to fix this? It does the same thing with every other option on that screen. And it will never get past the Windows Loading screen...

Hi everyone. Okay, as the title says, I cannot get my computer past the Windows loading screen.I tried in safe mode, taking out one stick of RAM, switching the sticks around, anything I thought would work and nothing.I had recently gotten rid completely of AntivirusPro 2009 and could finally download AVG.After downloading it, I did a full scan and it found roughly 6 viruses.The one virus that I thought was odd was winlogon.exe, obviously you can't delete that and I'm pretty sure AVG has no access to delete that either.But anyways, after all that happened, I had to restart my computer as AVG instructed, thus starting the endless cycle of restarting after the windows loading screen.If you have any tips or suggestions, please let me know.

Ok, this is weird
My computer just randomly restarted, then I got this message that system32/hal.dll is missing, so I used chkdsk /r to repair, now my computer restarts every time it finishes the windows splash screen.

Any ideas?, Because i've tried them all

Thanks

A:Computer Restarts after windows loading screen!

Boot off of the XP CD and get to the Recovery console. Try Chkdsk /p again. And report back.

Ok so I got into work today and an employee was having issues with their PC. It's a Compaq built machine with Windows XP. The machine boots up into the loading screen, says it's loading and then restarts and gives me the option to go into safemode and all that because the machine was not properly shut down.

I've been researching the problem for a few hours now, and the employee had said "the computer was acting up lately" but couldn't give me any information past that.

So far I have replaced the power supply, checked the fans, checked the RAM, checked the IDE cable to the HardDrive, and made sure nothing is overheating.

In short Im at a loss here and I can't seem to figure it out. He needs the PC back ASAP and I'm running low on time now.

Any ideas or suggestions?

A:PC loads to Windows XP loading screen then restarts

Does choosing safe mode allow you to boot the PC to Windows? It may be that Windows is crashing or hitting a blue screen and restarting because it's configured to do that.

Well I had trouble finding anyone else with this exact problem. I'll try explaining this the best I can.

Well when I start my computer, it sometimes goes to the last known configuration page. The one that looks like this:

No matter which option I choose, when it gets to the Windows XP loading screen, it lags when the windows xp logo fades in, and then the computer restarts.I did find a temporary way around this. When the computer starts up I hit F8 and i'm shown this screen:

Then, if I choose my hard drive, the loading screen comes up, and everything works fine. I figured this may be a hard drive issue, so I ordered a new hard drive. (I needed one anyway)

My original HDD is a Western Digital 75GB Raptor, the new one i bought is a Western Digital 640GB, both SATA. I tried setting them both up on my computer so I could transfer over some important files, but when I booted the computer with both of them installed, the computer would lag on the windows xp loading screen no matter what I did.

So I took that out and now i'm in the same position I was before. Anyone have any advice?

A:Windows XP Lags on Loading Screen... Restarts

Install your new drive and set the jumpers as master. Set the old drive as slave and Make sure it is disconnected. I assume you have your XP install CD? Make sure the CD/ROM Is set for first boot in the bios and install XP anew in the new drive. After the install shutdown the computer and connect the old drive and boot up the computer. Now you should be able to access the old drive and transfer your data to the new drive. Once done and confirmed that the data is transferred, you can delete, or format the old drive.

Ok, i have never had this kind of problem before. The other day i was playin on online then i stopped and went to be, with the computer on. I also know i have some virus called trojan GE . and its in the systeme 32 file and is called ridirv , i think that is how it is spelled .. anyways. i woke up and moved the mouse and the computer was showing the screen to pick between safe mode or last known ... start windows you know. anyways i click last know configuration and it doesnt get past the windows loading screen and just restarts over and over. I tried to take out some memory and use one stick. I dont know what else to try. Anyone that has had this problem please help ... thanks !

im running Windows XP and when i turn on the computer it loads like normal up till the XP loading screen, the loading bar runs and everything, but then it reboots its self so i set it so it would disable restart and get me the blue screen and gives me the following info::C000021 {fatal system error} Windows process system process terminated unexpectedly with a stat c0000135 (0x00000000 0x00000000) system has shut down. if someone could help me figure out whats going on plz do!

1. Configure the computer to start from the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. For information about how to do this, see your computer documentation, or contact your computer manufacturer.2. Insert the Windows XP CD-ROM into your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, and then restart your computer.3. When you receive the "Press any key to boot from CD" message, press a key to start your computer from the Windows XP CD-ROM.4. When you receive the "Welcome to Setup" message, press R to start the Recovery Console.5. If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot computer, select the installation that you have to use from the Recovery Console.6. When you are prompted, type the administrator password, and then press ENTER (if none was set, leave it blank and press ENTER).7. At the command prompt, type bootcfg /list, and then press ENTER. The entries in your current Boot.ini file appear on the screen.8. At the command prompt, type bootcfg /rebuild, and then press ENTER. This command scans the hard disks of the computer for Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000, or Microsoft Windows NT installations, and then displays the results. Follow the instructions that appear on the screen to add the Windows installations to the Boot.ini file. For example, follow these steps to add a Windows XP installation to the Boot.ini file:

a. When you receive a message that is similar to the following mes... Read more

Hi, so I woke up this morning and turned on my pc and it turned on then went to a screen that said, turn on pc in: safe mode, safe mode with networking, start windows normally, etc.

So I clicked on all of them and the result was the same, It took me to the windows XP loading screen were the blue bar at the bottom would begin to load and then it would just restart, it has been doing this all day.

I have been googling this issue all day but I do not know what to do.

Originally I presumed my power supply might be at fault since it seemed to be making lots of noises the past 4 months. I have read that faulty RAM could also be the issue, I am currently running memtest86.I have heard of people reformatting and the problem persisted.

I just need some advice.

btw, this is posted from my other pc

A:Computer restarts after reaching Windows XP loading screen..

Not to be a messenger of doom, but i once saw a video on youtube about this exact problem. The poor guy had to replace his entire motherboard. I hope this isn't the cause of your problem, but it is a possible cause.

Hi, last night I was running a virusscan and adaware scans, disk cleanup (adaware, spybot, windows thing, etc) as I always do. Only difference was that i uninstalled my ATI drivers in preparation for installing the 5.11 drivers.

Well, I wake up this morning and my PC is on a blank screen saying "Hardware initiate failed, press G to continue"...

So I restart. All my computer does is hang at the Windows loading screen for like 5 minutes until it restarts by itself.

Then when it restarts I get the choice of running Windows normally, safe mode, or last known config. Last known good config does the same as running Windows normally - it hangs on the loading screen.

I've tried safe mode but it hangs when the list of drivers appears on my screen.

What do you think is wrong? I'd like to fix this without having to reinstall windows, etc. Do you think it has something to do with the fact that I uninstalled the ATI drivers?

I've updated drivers before AND did my virusscan/adaware scans before with this problem never occuring like this.

Please help, this is urgent as there are alot of important unfinished documents on there.

try a windows repair and see if that helps at all. bootup with your windows xp cd and then on the main console, choose install windows. press F8 to agree and then on the next screen, instead of reformatting and installing windows, choose the option that says "R=windows repair." then see if this works out for you. good luck

Hello everyone. I have HP Compaq 8000 Elite CMT with Core 2 Duo processor, 8 GB RAM and 250 GB SATA HDD.I am having a problem with my desktop.When I boot my computer, it restarts as Windows loading screen appears or sometimes it shows desktop for 2 t0 5 minutes and it reboots. I also tried:- Safe Mode (in which computer is running well) but gives same problem after rebooting.- Launch Startup Repair (not worked for me because PC reboots)- Fresh OS installation (also not worked for me because PC reboots as Windows loading screen apperas).- Removed RAMs one by one but problem is still existing. Somebody kindly tell me what should I have to do else ?? Because now this problem is suckung.

well I am going to talk about this problem from the beginningmy laptop was fine running on vista OS and when I heared about windows 7 I installed it and that went fine too4 months later the laptop suddenly restarts at any time (browsing - playing games .. etc)I took it to a technical and he formatted it to windows XP then when I opened the laptop it restarted on loading screen (where the logo is displayed)I told the technical and he said that I should go to safe mode and restart from there I tried this and it workeda few weeks later and this method stopped workingnow I must go to safe mode and restart and go there again and restart ... etc now it is luck which opens it cause it works sometimes and sometimes notyesterday i re-installed windows 7 on another drive (not C:/) and to complete installation I must restart the computernow I must choose an operation system on startup so when i choose windows 7 it restarts on loading and the same on XP but I can acces safe mode in XP

Hello everyone. I have HP Compaq 8000 Elite CMT with Core 2 Duo processor, 8 GB RAM and 250 GB SATA HDD.I am having a problem with my desktop.When I boot my computer, it restarts as Windows loading screen appears or sometimes it shows desktop for 2 t0 5 minutes and it reboots. I also tried:- Safe Mode (in which computer is running well) but gives same problem after rebooting.- Launch Startup Repair (not worked for me because PC reboots)- Fresh OS installation (also not worked for me because PC reboots as Windows loading screen apperas).- Removed RAMs one by one but problem is still existing. Somebody kindly tell me what should I have to do else ?? Because now this problem is suckung.

Hello everyone. I have HP Compaq 8000 Elite CMT with Core 2 Duo processor, 8 GB RAM and 250 GB SATA HDD.I am having a problem with my desktop.When I boot my computer, it restarts as Windows loading screen appears or sometimes it shows desktop for 2 t0 5 minutes and it reboots. I also tried:- Safe Mode (in which computer is running well) but gives same problem after rebooting.- Launch Startup Repair (not worked for me because PC reboots)- Fresh OS installation (also not worked for me because PC reboots as Windows loading screen apperas).- Removed RAMs one by one but problem is still existing. Somebody kindly tell me what should I have to do else ?? Because now this problem is suckung.

Earlier today my computer froze, so I reset it. My hand twitched and I pressed the switch twice in the same second, which is bad. I think it might have cause my computer to short out, but I sure hope not. So I turn it on and I get to the usual "Choose how you want to reboot Windows" screen after your computer gets turned off automatically. I chose every option and each one lead to the same result: they all went to the Windows loading screen and my computer reset from there.

Has anyone experienced this before and/or knows how to fix it? I really don't want to have to wipe my hard drive since at the moment I had just finished downloading King Crimson and Porcupine Tree ><

A:Windows Restarts At Windows Loading Screen, Help Needed ASAP

Hi TheYardstick!!

Try to enter the BIOS, and reset the BIOS, and then restart into normal mode once again. See whether that resolves your issue

Specs: Windows XP, P4, Dell poweredge 400sc (intel-made board, 875p, pc only 6 months old), two maxtor 120gb ultra series ATA/133s, raided together as one 240gb hd by using raid 0+2 striped, promise fasttrak100 made from regular ATA/100 controller card (by soldering 1 wire in and updating the bios(common procedure as seen on the internet), worked flawlessly for 4 years so far).

I came back to my computer seeing it booting up. After reaching the black Windows XP screen with the loading bar at the bottom, a blue screen with a bunch of alphanumeric strings flashes by then quickly restarts. It goes by too fast for the human eye even with careful watching.

After rebooting itself, it asks if I would like to go into safe mode. I tried all modes of booting, but the same thing happens.

I tried to reinstall windows, but after providing the promise fasttrak100 raid drivers to the setup, it recognizes the disk as a brand new partition with 100% space available. This is clearly not the case since it has Windows XP it is booting into. So I skip the reinstall, fearful of screwing up the partition or data.

I next install a fresh XP on a spare HD, switching the raid over to slave in an attempt to access the drive from an outside source. Once I get to the desktop, I attempt to access the raid drive, and it says (disk not available--continue, retry, cancel).

The data recovery programs I tried also tell me the disk is not available.

had the internet page open on startup virus the other day...booted to safe mode installed malwarebytes and it removed itlent my laptop to my brother who says the same thing is happening...only this timei cant start in safe mode with networking...it just says logging off and shutting down and restarts in normal modei cant run task manager from normal mode

cant think what to do about thisshould i take the hard drive out and usb it to a system and run a scan...thats worked for me with types of malware, but i dont think it works with this sort of stuff...

just googled and found a malwarebytes boot cd for locked computers...think i will give this a go!!!

I have a packard bell easynote laptop with vista and a couple of weeks ago it blue screened saying something about a page fault in non paged area, i turned it off and on again and it comes on and goes to the windows loading screen and loads for a while then turns off. It does the same if i try starting with windows repair or start to last good configuration. I can access my bios. It also wont load in safe mode either!

I have lots of important data on there which i dont want to lose and i dont have a recovery disc either.

Any help would be great

Thanks

A:Laptop boots up and then after loading screen turns off, desperate for help

How old is the hard drive. If over two years old, you might want to buy a new drive just to preserve the data on an old one, which you can then rescue in a hard drive enclosure on a USB cable.

Hi folks!Unfortunately, my 2 year old pushed some buttons on my Lenovo B590 laptop and something isn't right. Upon start up (Windows 7 64), I get a black screen with a moving cursor. Ctrl+alt+del doesn't bring up the task manager.I double checked the boot order in BIOS and that looks OK.Restarting in Safe mode works.I also updated the video drivers, and (strangely) I was able to restart in normal and everything looked fine. However, when I restarted again after that, I was back to the black screen in Normal.I've been Googling all morning, and done what I've found. If anyone else has any other suggestions, I'd be grateful for them. And if you have any questions for me, please don't hesitate to ask.Thanks!

This morning, when I booted up the computer, Windows began to load, then the computer restarted. Then Windows began to load again, and the computer restarted again. Then Windows....you see where this is going. I restarted it manually as Windows was booting, and it loaded up just fine. A warning window came up that said 'Windows has recovered from a serious error' (listed below). The computer functioned fine throughout the day until this afternoon when I played a music DVD with Windows Media Player. That worked fine too until, upon pressing the 'skip' button, the computer rebooted, then Windows began to load, then the computer restarted, then....So I started it up in safe mode, which came up fine, and ran AVG Anti-Virus, which found nothing. I restarted using the Windows menu in normal mode and it came right up. What's going on?

Technical information: The following files will be included in this error report:C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER4d4d.dir00\Mini020409-07.dmpC:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER4d4d.dir00\sysdata.xml

I have a PC that was rebuilt in December; we put in an AMD 64x2 3800 Manchester with an aBit KN-8 motherboard, 2 gb DDR RAM, MSI ATI Radeon x1600 card, 450 w dual fan power supply, & used the following items that were already in the machine: 2 80gb ATA Western Digital hard drives, a DVD DL Plextor burner & a Panasonic DVD player. The PC is running WinXP SP2 with Trend Micro Internet Security, an assortment of spyware/malware programs & the usual stuff. All drivers are current & NO CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE LAST 30 DAYS.

Earlier this week I started having trouble with sending print jobs to my network printer. This eventually resolved itself, but then this morning the machine rebooted itself when I started to burn a DVD using Nero. When I restarted the DVD, it again re-booted, this time not going into Windows, just doing a boot loop. So, I figured it was a heat problem because the machine had been running all night & it's in a non-air conditioned room. I turned it off, came back an hour later & it restarted fine. I checked my temps using Everest & it said the CPU was running at around 90 degrees, & the fan & power supply looked like they were working fine.

Then I started playing Quake 4. It crashed to the desktop after about 5 minutes (I've been playing Q4 for over 1 month with no previous problems.) When I tried to restart Quake, the computer re-booted but when I got to my user desktop it crashed again. Now when I tr... Read more

A:Computer boots into Windows then restarts

dagny t said:

I checked my temps using Everest & it said the CPU was running at around 90 degrees, & the fan & power supply looked like they were working fine.

Then I started playing Quake 4. It crashed to the desktop after about 5 minutes (I've been playing Q4 for over 1 month with no previous problems.) When I tried to restart Quake, the computer re-booted but when I got to my user desktop it crashed again. Now when I try to restart I get NOTHING ON MY MONITOR: it doesn't show that it's receiving a signal at all, & although the lights on the front of the PC light up, I am not hearing the usual beeps that accompany start-up either.

So, is this 1) an overheated CPU 2) a bad video card 3) a bad power supply or 4) a bad hard drive (no grinding noises detected)? And, with no monitor output, how can I diagnose this?Click to expand...

I'm hoping that the temp that you report is in F, not C !!! Please clarify.

Now that you are not getting any Post Beeps, it sounds like the Processor...or MOBO is history.

If possible try testing the video card in another PC. No POST, no Video, no GOOD

I booted another computer with this computer's power supply and hard drive, I activated windows. It booted fine.

I then went back to this computer with the power supply and hard drive, except just after booting screen, it loaded just a tinge slower. And now it restarts immediately after logo, prompting the safe mode system restore options.

I am able to boot in safe mode fine, as I am now.

What's wrong :(?

A:XP restarts after Logo loading screen.

Is this a home built or store bought brand name computer? Give us more detail, why you are using p/s and hdd from another computer.

Please list computer components, (e.g. name/model of mobo, cpu, ram, name of power supply, hard drive, etc.) being as detailed as possible.

Okay heres the deal. I have a Lenovo 3000 Series J115. I'm not sure of the motherboard model at all.

My old hard drive crashed, so I went ahead and bought a new one.
I installed the new one, and popped in my Windows 7 CD. The first problem happened here. During the installation where I partition my drive, it told me no drivers were found and I had to insert a floppy disk with the drives on there for my hard drive.
I didn't know what drivers I needed, nor had a floppy drive so I just transferred the hard drive to another computer in the house, and successfully installed Windows 7 on it from there.

After transferring it back to my original computer, the computer boots up (takes a long time unless I request the boot sequence to boot directly from the HDD) to the Windows 7 starting animation, where the four colors come into the Windows logo, then restarts and repeats in the process.

I've searched online, and I'm not sure if it's a connection problem or not. I think the connection I had previous to this new hard drive is the same.
The only difference is my old hard drive was SATA but it was connected with the 4 input power chord, but my new one is just connected by the SATA power connector (no option for the 4 input chord).

I'm not sure what the problem is. I tried going into the BIOS to change SATA settings and boot order preferences, however I don't see the option. I'm sure I tried checking under every setting.

Anyone have any input or experience with this?

A:Computer Boots Up To Windows 7 Animation Then Restarts

This is the typical stall point where Win7 installed on other hardware won't start up on new hardware due to a conflict with major drivers.

The solution is to return the HD to the machine Win7 was installed upon, Sysprep it to remove all drivers, activation, and hardware ID. SysPrep to move HD to another computer

It should then start up on the new hardware and install all drivers, requesting several restarts along with other user setup participation.

If this fails we can help you further troubleshoot installation as Win7 should install to that make/model without need for HD controller drivers. You may need a newer BIOS version from Support Downloads webpage, or to reset CMOS: Clear CMOS - 3 Ways to Clear the CMOS - Reset BIOS or proceed further with troubleshooting install.

Hi i'm currently having problem with my other computer. Today when i start my computer, it goes through the normal things the hard drives and stuff except for one thing different, it shows me 5 options on how to boot: start normally, safe and etc. I choose normal thinking that theres no problem with my computer. Once it goes to the window loading screen, after 5 seconds it restarts. Then it goes through the same thing over and over. I don't know what to do to fix this problem. Plz help me. Thx in advance.

A:Computer Restarts after Window loading screen

Could be any number of things: failing hard drive, corrupted system files due to crash, or failing hard drive or memory, failing motherboard, failing CPU... you might be able to do a "repair installation" to fix it... or it may be beyond hope.